Friday, January 31st. 2025: Ham to Penrod funeral - huge crowd - J chops & carries wood, J gets on Church websites & FS, I pay bills, etc., "The Way Home" like or disapprove?

 

Okinawa, Japan

186th operating temple

Dedicated: 12 Nov 2023

By: Gary E. Stevenson

Book of Mormon

1 Nephi 20:1-22

Come Follow Me

D&C 5

Through the Holy Ghost, I can gain a witness of the Book of Mormon.

October General Conference

'The Lord Jesus Christ Will Come Again'

President Russell M. Nelson

"Please listen to this promise of Jesus Christ to you: 'I will be on your right hand and on your left, and my Spirit shall be in your hearts, and mine angels round about you, to bear you up.'(DC 84:88)

There is no limit to the Savior's capacity to help you. His incomprehensible suffering in Gethsemane and on Calvary was for you! His infinite Atonement is for you!"

Today is the day of Kim Penrod's funeral. He is the estranged husband of our ward member Shanna Penrod. They have lots of friends and family in this area. They expect a big crowd at the funeral, maybe 200 people. I cooked a 9.35 lb ham and had James take it down at noon. He said the parking lot was packed, not one empty space and there were cars lined up on the street. He figured there might be up to 400 people at the church...I think he is just guessing. I said, I wonder if they will have enough food. Tina Allen, the compassionate service leader asked for 10 hams. In my guestimation that's enough to feed 200 people. Maybe there will be a miracle like there was in Cibecue. I felt a little guilty for not going down and helping with the food but I was feeling pretty miserable.

Things I did accomplish today: Paid our two biggest bills, Rocket Mortgage and the credit card James uses for his business. Maybe my greatest accomplishment was to help James get his Church accounts restored. I found a FamilySearch number for him to call and then they gave him the number he needed to restore his main Church account that has all of the information he needs for his calling, i.e., ministering assignments. For the first time in almost a year he can get on his accounts!

I cleaned the hall bathroom, did laundry, and fixed dinner, okay, I put two pot pies in the oven. 

James watched this week's episode of "The Way Home" with me. I don't like Kat or Del that much or Kat & Elliot and their makeout sessions, but I love Alice. Maybe because she is younger and more innocent. I also love her singing voice.

My blood pressure has been high for the last four or five days, around 160/90. I watched a video online today featuring a naturopathic doctor, Barbara O'Neill. She says she has developed a pill that will keep blood pressure under control. She said high blood pressure is caused by a lack of vitamin K2. I ordered two bottles of Glucobio on Amazon. She said people see results in 17 hours and blood pressure stabilizes in 3 weeks. I am excited for both James and I to try it. He takes Nifedipine for his blood pressure which keeps it pretty normal but Dr. Moffat says Nifedipine has many side effects.